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The Becoming of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions, #1)
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No one could be as disappointed as me. I adored the Mara Dyer series, and while I was hesitant of this series at first, I was also excited because hello! It’s a series about Noah Shaw! About Noah Shaw, told by Noah Shaw. I really used to love Noah.
Now, after reading? I’m just meh. Nothing. I didn’t care about Noah or Mara or anyone else in the book. I didn’t care about the story. About anything. Everything was just� mediocre? Borderline annoying? I don’t know.
Most of the novel is slow. It’s not even that long, but it felt like I was waiting forever for something to happen, and by the time something did, I didn’t care. I couldn’t bring myself to. I think part of this has to do with the fact that I hated Noah’s point of view. I thought I would love it, but god, I just could not stand him. Guess it really hindered everything else lmao.
So! Overall, whatever. If you liked the Mara Dyer series, I’m pretty sure most of you will like this spin-off. I think it’s unnecessary but eh, who cares. 3 stars.
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bookshelves: 2017, anticipated-and-disappointed, arcs, contemporary, disappointed, horror-mystery-thrillers, half-star, kindle-or-ebook, maaaagic, male-pov, series, fantasy, reviewed, young-adult
May 19, 2015
bookshelves: 2017, anticipated-and-disappointed, arcs, contemporary, disappointed, horror-mystery-thrillers, half-star, kindle-or-ebook, maaaagic, male-pov, series, fantasy, reviewed, young-adult
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No one could be as disappointed as me. I adored the Mara Dyer series, and while I was hesitant of this series at first, I was also excited because hello! It’s a series about Noah Shaw! About Noah Shaw, told by Noah Shaw. I really used to love Noah.
Now, after reading? I’m just meh. Nothing. I didn’t care about Noah or Mara or anyone else in the book. I didn’t care about the story. About anything. Everything was just� mediocre? Borderline annoying? I don’t know.
Most of the novel is slow. It’s not even that long, but it felt like I was waiting forever for something to happen, and by the time something did, I didn’t care. I couldn’t bring myself to. I think part of this has to do with the fact that I hated Noah’s point of view. I thought I would love it, but god, I just could not stand him. Guess it really hindered everything else lmao.
So! Overall, whatever. If you liked the Mara Dyer series, I’m pretty sure most of you will like this spin-off. I think it’s unnecessary but eh, who cares. 3 stars.
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Reading Progress
May 19, 2015
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May 19, 2015
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to-read
October 7, 2015
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2017
June 28, 2017
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Started Reading
June 30, 2017
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contemporary
June 30, 2017
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arcs
June 30, 2017
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anticipated-and-disappointed
June 30, 2017
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maaaagic
June 30, 2017
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kindle-or-ebook
June 30, 2017
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half-star
June 30, 2017
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horror-mystery-thrillers
June 30, 2017
– Shelved as:
disappointed
June 30, 2017
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series
June 30, 2017
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male-pov
June 30, 2017
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Finished Reading
September 16, 2017
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fantasy
October 21, 2017
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reviewed
May 14, 2022
– Shelved as:
young-adult
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May 10, 2017 08:58PM
I wish I could see something new from the author too. I am VERY interested in this concept though. The last few sentences are really intriguing. I haven't read a book where the love interests wants to "take over the world" while the other just wants to live in peace. We'll see how this turns out!
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nooooot gonna lie... as much as i LOVE the mara dyer series + world it's ini'd have loved to see something new from Hodkin.
i'm still excited but only slightly less so.
Exactly, my first thought was "no new idea, taking the easy way out". Still pre-ordered and we will see how good it is.
Funny side-note, I wanted to recommend this to my family, who would read it in German translation, the first book was published in translation 2013 - and that is the only one. Contacted the publisher and got a nice answer, that it is not planned to translate the next books for publication... Talk about a lost sale.
After reading this, I mean that statement more than ever, haha.Also, sorry to hear that! Wish there was another way to have a translated copy :(
